Argh!

[djpsyche]

OK, I think the use of the word "action" as a verb has replaced "we were sat down" as my number one grammatical bugbear. Expecially when bloody suffixes are added, as in "actioned".

ACTION IS A NOUN!! ACT IS THE VERB!

Whatever happened to "has this been done?"

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[pedant]The OED has action in use as a verb as early as 1733, in the sense of "to institute a legal action against".[/pedant]

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

Ok, so when they mean "have you filed this lawsuit yet", then they are allowed to say it. But not when they mean "have you filed this letter"!

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The OED also has "2. To take action on (a request, etc.), to process; to put into effect. Used esp. in business jargon." in use from 1962, which is relatively recent, but old enough that we're probably stuck with it.